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Contact: Al Setka
asetka@greatapetrust.org
515-243-3580
Great Ape Trust of Iowa

Talking Ape

Caption: Ape language pioneer Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a scientist with special standing at Great Ape Trust of Iowa, communicates with Kanzi, a bonobo who has demonstrated receptive competence for spoken English, on a symbol-based lexigram board.

Credit: Great Ape Trust of Iowa photo

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Related news release: Ape language pioneer Savage-Rumbaugh receives honorary Ph.D. from alma mater


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